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our ambassador in London--and I were walking around. He was showing us this--

Q:

Time, Inc.'s London man.

Heiskell:

Yes.

Q:

Go ahead.

Heiskell:

And at a certain point he sort of toddled off in the direction of the bushes, and then he stopped, turned around, and said, “Gentlemen, would you join me?” [laughter] And the four of us stood around the bush--no photographers. You know, he showed us all around the house. I'll always remember--he had a great picture of the landing in Normandy hanging up on the wall over a couch. He jumped up on this couch to grab the picture--and I was sure he was going to fall flat on his back, but he didn't, he was quite athletic--God, how old was he then? Seventy-five?

Q:

What year was this, do you know?

Heiskell:

No. 194--

Q:

Can't place it?

Heiskell:

Sounds like 1948, about. 1949. Then we went back to London. We negotiated some more and some more, until finally the





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